News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The 18th Arab Festival of Radio and Television, organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), ended on April 28th in Hammamet (Tunisia). Numerous awards have been given to the Arab world’s best television and radio productions, out of the 230 works entered in the various competitions. Best Television Series went to the Kuwaiti …
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“In Between”, Palestinian director Maysaloun Hamoud’s first feature film, was released in French cinemas in mid-April. Although the film has been praised by international critics and won awards at several festivals (Haifa, San Sebastian, Toronto), this has not prevented the 35-year-old Palestinian film-maker, born in Budapest and raised in Dir-Hana, Israel, from receiving death threats …
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The eighth Middle East Now Festival will take place between April 4th and 9th in Florence, Italy. This festival is dedicated to Middle Eastern and North African cinema, art and culture. Middle East Now is the only event in Italy committed to these regions. It hopes to erase common stereotypes by making the Italian public …
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A new agreement was reached between the SECOM group and My-HD, a satellite operator, to broadcast two channels, Melody (classic French songs) and MyZen TV (lifestyle), across the Middle East and Africa (the Mena area). The two companies also agreed to launch Melody d’Afrique, a channel specialising in African song and its artists. Melody …
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France 24 has signed a major new distribution agreement with pan-Arab operator beIn Sport Mena, the second largest Arab-world pay-TV platform. With this agreement the international news channel hopes to strengthen its presence in the Middle East and North Africa and thus gain 890,000 additional households. France 24 is now available on channel 149 in …
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The fourth Talents Beirut will be held in the Lebanese capital from September 21st to 25th 2017. It aims to support young Arab talent by giving them the chance to show their work and meet others working in the film business. The candidate call is open from March 8th to May 8th 2017. Directors of …
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Iranian director Ashgar Farhadi is currently preparing his next film in Spain. Starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, it will be co-produced by Pedro Almodovar’s production company “El Deseo”. Farhadi is currently in Spain finishing the script. Although as yet the film has no title, we know it looks at the difficulties of a family …
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